There were bowed heads and quiet prayers as the names of those killed at a Pittsburgh synagogue during Sabbath services were somberly read aloud in the sanctuary at Temple Israel in Viera on Sunday evening.

Mingled in the crowd of about 120 were Jews, Christians and Muslims calling for an end to the deep-seated divisiveness tearing at the nation while urging the ancient idea of loving one another be added to the thoughts and prayers typically offered after every national tragedy.

"My heart is full, but it's with love," said Rabbi Patricia Hickman, who led the community healing service at Temple Israel in response to the horrific mass shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on the Sabbath.

"Our country is so filled with division and hatred, it's like there's no understanding left. But if we don't get it together, we'll fall apart. So we must turn to God for healing," she said after the hourlong program of prayer and reflection that quoted from the Sufi poet Rumi, the Koran and the Gospel of John.

Rabbi Patricia Hickman(Photo: TIM SHORTT)

The interfaith memorial - open to the public amid extra security - was one of a number of tributes and calls for national unity following a troubling week that included a pipe bomb plot targeting two U.S. presidents and others.

The Pittsburgh massacre is considered the deadliest attack on the nation’s Jewish community in recent American history, bringing with it fears of growing anti-Semitism. The massacre was the latest mass shooting to take place in the last year - including those at a Sutherland Springs, Texas church that left 26 worshippers dead and the Valentine’s Day school shooting in Parkland, Fla. where a 19-year-old shot and killed 17 people.

At Temple Israel's community service, Rabbi Craig Mayers from Temple Beth Sholom in Melbourne also gave a reading. Psalms were read and memorial candles lit. The Mourner's Kaddish - an ancient Jewish prayer that praises God - was also read by those in the congregation.

Members from other houses of worship attended, including members of the Islamic Society of Brevard mosque in south Melbourne. That mosque was itself targeted by a still unidentified gunman in 2009. No one was injured in that shooting.

Retired Judge Ali B. Majeed joined about a dozen people from Brevard's Islamic community - considered by Jews and Christians to be part of the Abrahamic lineage of faith - to offer support.

"All of us are one beautiful tapestry," Majeed said after the service. "When you hurt one, you disfigure the entire tapestry. Our community is here to stand in solidarity with the Jewish community. Only light can overcome darkness," he said.

Rev. Rosalee Norman-McNaney, who has worked on interfaith events with Rabbi Hickman in the past, said more work needed to be done on the national stage to curb the heated rhetoric. "There needs to be more positive rhetoric and we all have to make an effort to connect with each other more," she said.

In Brevard, which has four primary synagogues, Jewish leaders moved quickly to organize the memorial service, inviting other faiths to come together in response to the mass shooting.

Rabbi Zvi Konikov, spiritual leader of the Chabad of the Space and Treasure Coasts in Satellite Beach, also issued a statement about the deadly attack.

"We mourn the 11 holy souls who were so cruelly torn from our midst, and pray to (God) to provide strength and comfort to their shocked and grieving families," Konikov said in a statement Sunday. "Their unfathomable pain is shared by the entire Jewish people and all people worldwide."